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package org.springframework.data.support;

/**
 * Strategy interface to determine whether a given entity is to be considered new.
 *
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface IsNewStrategy {

	/**
	 * Returns whether the given entity is new, i.e. has never been persisted before or not.
	 *
	 * @param entity must not be {@literal null}.
	 * @return
	 */
	boolean isNew(Object entity);
}
